The Obama transition team, meanwhile, unveiled new rules yesterday on hiring lobbyists that are different than any previous administration’s. But is this a change you can believe in?
Forgive the mocking of campaign rhetoric, but get used to it, because John Podesta’s explanation yesterday of how 44 will and won’t go about putting lobbyists on the team was an instructive first example of how Obama will reconcile his promises with reality, and how the press will cover it.
Indeed.